Product Scope and Productivity: Evidence from India's Product Reservation Policy
SOUTHERN ECONOMIC JOURNAL
Authors: Tewari, Ishani; Wilde, Joshua
Abstract
Protections for small enterprises are commonplace in developing countries. How do these policies affect overall industrial performance? Using exogenous variation in the timing of an Indian policy dismantling laws that "reserved" certain products for exclusive manufacture by small firms, we identify the effect of the dereservation policy on size, productivity, product churning, and other industry dynamics. Following the change, we find that firms significantly altered their product lines, leading to the reallocation of productive factors, increasing exits, and increasing total factor productivity. These effects were driven by new entrants moving into the formerly restricted product space, and in particular by multiproduct firms. Our findings underscore the importance of intrafirm heterogeneity on the impact of size-contingent regulations, as firms' product line dynamics can be an important dimension of productivity growth.
Surface Functionalized Zr(0.75)Sn(0.25)O4 by SrO2 Thick Films as H2S Gas Sensors
2ND INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON CONDENSED MATTER AND APPLIED PHYSICS (ICC-2017)
Authors: Shelke, G. B.; Patil, D. R.
Abstract
Thick films of bulk tin oxide powder were observed to be less sensitive to polluting, hazardous and inflammable gases. So, nanostructured ZrxSn(1-x)O(4) powder was synthesized by disc type ultrasonicated microwave assisted centrifuge technique. Thick films of nanostructured pure Zr(0.75)Sn(0.25)O4 powder were fabricated by screen printing technique. These films were surface functionalized by SrO2 for different intervals of time followed by firing at 450 degrees C for 30 min. The surface morphology, chemical composition, crystal structure, electrical and gas sensing performance of the unmodified and surface functionalized nanostructured Zr(0.75)Sn(0.25)O4 powder by SrO2 have been investigated by FESEM, E-DAX, XRD, etc.